Imperial Nature - The World Bank Struggles for Social Justice in Age of Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Michael Goldman is McKnight Presidential Fellow and associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and in its Institute for Global Studies. Klappentext Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank! the foundations of its achievements! its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure! and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach.Michael Goldman takes us inside World Bank headquarters in Washington! D.C.! and then to Bank project sites around the globe. He explains how projects funded by the Bank really work and why community activists struggle against the World Bank and its brand of development. Goldman looks at recent ventures in areas such as the environment! human rights! and good governance and reveals how--despite its poor track record--the World Bank has acquired greater authority and global power than ever before.The book sheds new light on the World Bank's role in increasing global inequalities and considers why it has become the central target for anti-globalization movements worldwide. For anyone concerned about globalization and social justice! "Imperial Nature is" essential reading. Zusammenfassung Examines the inner workings of the World Bank! the foundations of its global achievements! its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure! and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach.

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• Authors: Michael Goldman, Michael (Associate Professor of Sociology Goldman, GOLDMAN MICHAEL ASSOCIATE PROFES
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• EAN: 9780300119749
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11974-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Paperba; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs